Wednesday, May 14, 2008

YouTube's Most Viewed

Have you ever been browsing around YouTube and you stumble across a video that has an insane amount of views? Well I did recently so I decided to look at the page with the videos that have the most views all time. What's nice about the "most viewed" page is that the site breaks it down into categories, so you can search for the most viewed videos in comedy, sports, politics, music, and education, among many others. The conclusion I came to is people are definitely getting their music fix from this website. Maybe it's the fact that the government is actually starting to crack down on illegal file sharing or maybe it's just because it's so easy to look up music and videos for free. Out of the top 10 most viewed videos of all time on YouTube, 7 are music videos, with Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" coming in at number 1 for music videos with 83.5 million views. That is a TON of views. A new feature YouTube has added recently is being able to see how many other members are viewing the video at the same time as you. I clicked on the Rihanna music video "Don't Stop The Music", which has 54 million views, and there was 11 other YouTube members watching the video at the same exact time I was. This goes to show just how powerful this technology is. It's truly amazing how many people are using this website to share videos. YouTube is the catalyst for the term "internet celebrity", and I imagine there are only more to come. By now, you are probably wondering what the most viewed video of all time on the site is, regardless of category. I was quite surprised myself to find out that this one was at the top. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you "The Evolution of Dance", with an amazing 85 MILLION VIEWS.